Kaukauna firefighters now have a new life-saving device at their disposal. It’s called the LUCAS CPR device and it will help provide higher quality CPR.
The department now has two thanks to three area organizations.
The device can be the difference during a life or death situation if someone is under cardiac arrest.
“In a lot of communities, there’s no real effort or dedicated effort given, survival rates can be as low as 5%, we feel that with some real effort we can improve that number drastically here,” said Fire Chief Jake Carrel with the Kaukauna Fire Department. Three area organizations have made it all possible through donations and grant money including BayCare Clinic, Firehouse Subs, and Aurora BayCare Medical Center.
“In a community like Kaukauna where they may respond to a local industrial business like the paper mill, it’s very difficult to get in and out of these facilities, if you can put a device on a patient, to help expedite them and continue cpr while you’re doing that, we know the benefits will be exponential,” said Dr. Ryan Murphy, BayCare Clinic Emergency Physician.